Christmas 1977Submitted by OrangeLoco t3_1095vuy in OldSchoolCool
OrangeLoco OP t1_j3w7l4w wrote
Six year old me on Christmas Day 1977 with my Red Ryder bb gun. I still have that bb gun and both eyes.
GullibleFrisbee t1_j3wno2n wrote
Looks like you shot out your two front teeth tho!
UbermachoGuy t1_j3wua7c wrote
Brunrand t1_j3wl1ct wrote
Whats the cat's name?
OrangeLoco OP t1_j3wl9a7 wrote
Gimpy. He only had use of three legs when we found him.
nemozerosquared t1_j3ww7e6 wrote
Nicetomitja t1_j3wwuje wrote
The gimp's sleeping
nemozerosquared t1_j3x50ak wrote
Well, I guess you’ll have to wake him up now, won’t ya?
Brunrand t1_j3wlnig wrote
I knew a Gimp with tree legs once too.
Xuliman t1_j3wws63 wrote
That look, "you know I only have three legs to run with, be careful where you point that thing!"
reggaemixedkid t1_j3yrvc0 wrote
"Lil Moe with the gimpy leg."
Mocker-Poker t1_j3yimaa wrote
Gimpy looks unimpressed with your posing though
neverheardthatphrase t1_j3xtzgn wrote
You'll shoot your eye out!
Ghosthost2000 t1_j3wl2fs wrote
Me too! My little bro had the same construction crane in the picture.
skiitifyoucan t1_j3x1zdk wrote
came here to say you're gunna shoot your eye out :)
nooshaw t1_j3xqb2x wrote
Great Scott! I had that same BB gun. If I recall you have to unscrew the end of the barrel and pull out the magazine to fill with bb's one at a freaking time. One day it got lodged putting it back in and it accidentally discharged with my had over the barrel. Had a black welt in the palm of my hand for a month.
OrangeLoco OP t1_j3xrwyh wrote
BBs were fed into that smaller barrel underneath the main barrel. You had to slide the lid to the smaller barrel off to the side, pour the bb's into it, and then slide the lid back to closed. A trick my dad taught me was to make a funnel with my hand by grabbing the top of the barrel with just my pinky and hand with the funnel top being between your thumb and index finger. You could pour the bb's into that part and they would funnel down through my hand and into the barrel. That way you didn't have to spill them trying to pour them directly into the system.
Homerdk t1_j3xqppl wrote
Ah it's a bb gun lol, I just watched the movie Revenge and thought you lived in Texas and this was an actual gun :D
OrangeLoco OP t1_j3xsi50 wrote
Well, I did live in TX when this photo was taken.
EDHblvd t1_j3yff86 wrote
My bro was 3 days old that Xmas.
Archelon_ischyros t1_j3wt0xy wrote
Did you shoot your eye out?
Calkky t1_j3wqydo wrote
I hope you didn't do target practice on that cat. It looks like it was a pretty chill critter.
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